Nevada home builder says customer info was stolen

A southern Nevada home builder is notifying 16,000 customers that records containing personal and financial information were stolen from its Las Vegas office.

In a letter dated Dec. 19, Pulte Homes notified customers of the Nov. 13 theft of a box containing computer backup tapes with names, addresses, driver’s license numbers and financial account numbers for home buyers and company employees.

A Pulte spokeswoman told the Las Vegas Sun for a Thursday report that there was no immediate indication that any data was used for identity theft.

She says the company is cooperating with a Las Vegas police investigation, and that it was offering to foot the bill for a premium credit monitoring service.

Pulte Homes Inc., of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., along with its Del Webb/Sun City subsidiary, is one of the largest homebuilders in Las Vegas and the nation.

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